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Training Strategies to Make the Most of Your Pool Space!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Friday, May 31, 2013

Mark Onstott has won the National Boy’s Swimming Coach of the Year award twice in his career. Listen to tips he has to offer you on how to deal with limited pool space when you have a larger team.

Incorporating dry land training, as well as adjusting some of the ways teams traditionally swim give those coaches with limited resources more opportunities to develop strong teams.

Take a look at an additional clip from High School Coaching Academy: Training and Workout Strategies. See other high quality Swimming Strength & Conditioning DVDs in our massive Swimming DVD collection!

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Dryland Training, Mark Onstott, Pool Space

Swimming Focused Lifts to Create Stronger Athletes!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Friday, May 31, 2013

Bryan Karkoska has been part of the Auburn swimming coaching staff for multiple NCAA Championships. Karkoska has one of his swimmers demonstrate the Two Foot Dumbbell Snatch and provides variations that make this move more swimming focused.

Learn his philosophy behind some of the more advanced movements involving weights such as the athlete’s abilities and maintaining strong technique.

Take a look at an additional clip from Faster Fast Sprint Freestyle Training for Explosive Speed & Power. See other high quality Swimming Strength & Conditioning DVDs in our massive Swimming DVD collection!

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Bryan Karkoska, Weights

Develop Lower Body Strength to Improve Your Speed!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Friday, May 31, 2013

Get a glimpse of dryland training with Auburn University Strength & Conditioning coach, Bryan Karkoska. He has 13 years of experience and also worked alongside legendary swimming coach, Richard Quick! Karkoska explains a Single Leg Squat Jump which helps build lower body speed and power.

After discussing the basic movement he discussed variations that can make the move even more specific to swimming.

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Bryan Karkoska, Squat Jump

Utilize a Streamline Posture for a More Effective Stroke!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Friday, May 31, 2013

Richard Quick was a former Olympic Coach and has been named NCAA Coach of the Year on numerous occasions. He led a number of different universities to NCAA Team Championships as well. Take a look at this Pencil Float Drill that will help your swimmers create streamline posture.

This vertical drill will help swimmers create a strong line of balance.

Take a look at an additional clip from Posture, Line and Balance: The Foundation of Championship Winning Swimming. See other high quality Richard Quick DVDs in our massive Swimming DVD collection!

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Posture, Richard Quick

Learn how Brian Boland guided Virginia to the 2013 NCAA Tennis Championship!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013

Congratulations to Brian Boland and the Virginia men’s tennis team on their 2013 NCAA National Championship! Now you can see the ins and outs of the Championship team’s matches! This is an incredible opportunity to see how a high level tennis team performs in a live game. Check out this one of a kind Tennis DVD below:

All Access Virginia Tennis: First Match of the Season

Brian Boland shares his `secrets’ for getting his players to rely less on their serve and learn to construct their own points
Unprecedented, insider access to the first dual match of the season; listen in and watch as Coach Boland instructs, coaches, advises and reinforces what they are doing and where they can advance.
Great instruction for coaches at all levels
Features Brian Boland, Back-to-back (2011 & 2012) NCAA Team Championship Runner-up and 2008 ITA National Coach of the Year